For "New Evidence on Cyclical Variation in Average Labor Costs in the U.S." 
by Grace Weishi Gu, Eswar Prasad, and Thomas Moehrle
June 13, 2019

The folder "Data_Code" contains:
1) Data access information: The pdf file
2) Stata codes to process the micro-level data: The do files whose names start with "Data_..."
3) Stata codes for the summary statistics: Summary_Stats.do file
4) Stata codes for regressional analyses: The do files whose names start with "Regressions..."
5) Stata data (in the format of .dta) from public sources: Needed for the above Stata codes

Variable	Definition
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j_ahr		straight-time hourly wage
j_CQBENC01	premium pay
j_CQBENC02	vacations
j_CQBENC03	holidays
j_CQBENC04	sick leave
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j_CQBENC05	other paid leave
j_CQBENC06	shift differential
j_CQBENC07	nonproduction bonus
j_CQBENC08	severance pay
j_CQBENC09	supplemental unemployment
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j_CQBENC10	life insurance
j_CQBENC11	health insurance
j_CQBENC12	short term disability
j_CQBENC13	defined benefit/pensions
j_CQBENC14	defined contributions
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j_CQBENC15	social security
j_CQBENC16	medicare/railroad retirement
j_CQBENC17	railroad supplementary retirement
j_CQBENC18	railroad unemployment
j_CQBENC19	federal unemployment
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j_CQBENC20	state unemployment
j_CQBENC21	workers compensation
j_CQBENC22	other legally required
j_CQBENC23	long term disability and others
j_cqtotben	total benefit costs
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j_employment	establishment employment
j_msanum	metro area (1) or not (0)
j_union		union participation (1)
j_ownership	state gov=2, local gov=3, private=4
j_profit	profit (1) or nonprofit (0)
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j_ft		fulltime (1) or parttime (0)
j_inc		incentive-based jobs (1) or time-based jobs (0)
J_2		total earnings
j_ivf_total_points	job-skill/task-level score
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n1: 2002naics 1-digit
1	Forestry and Fishing etc.
2	Mining & Constr.
3	Manufacturing
4	Trade and transp.
5	Info, fina., & admin.
6	Edu. and health care
7	Arts, entrtn., & food
8	Other services
9	Public administration
	
mognum: Major occupational groups
11	Prof. & tech.
12	Exec. & managerial
13	Sales
14	Clerical
21	Prod. & craft
22	Machine operators
23	Transp. & helpers
31	Service

size: Establishment employment size
1	 if >=749 
2	 if <749 &  >=117 
3	 if <117 

rg: U.S. regions 	
1	northeast
2	midwest
3	south
4	west 

